Writer of facts and fiction

I write novels and stories inspired by sets of facts and bodies of knowledge. I'm a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and my writing appears in Iron Horse, Stone Canoe, Sport Literate, and elsewhere. Find my review of Best Microfiction 2021 at Trampset. I'm at work on a novel composed of short stories, all connected by water.

As a writer for Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, I report on faculty research in a wide range of subjects. Recent favorites include articles on: a free press and democracy, exoplanets, extreme astronomy, and a submarine robot named Icefin.

Send me a thought, a link, or a poem. I love to connect with people in the writing community. And fellow runners and theater geeks, too.

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Recent Blog Posts

book cover: Sing, Unburied, Sing

Book review: Sing, Unburied, Sing

By Kate Blackwood | July 25, 2020

Every human struggle has a spiritual shadow. In the world of this book, it’s personified.

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Best read of the week: Dead to Me

By Kate Blackwood | July 19, 2020

If two women who have taken this much from each other don’t kill each other, they’re bound to be soul sisters for life.

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Waves in clear water hit a beach

Energy embodied in water

By Kate Blackwood | July 14, 2020

I was a surfer in a former life. Or I will become a surfer in a future life.

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